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B. S. ROBBINS & A. H. BROAD.

v WALL PROTECTOR.

No. 389,979. I Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

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UNHED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOLDIN S. ROBBINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND ALPHONZO H. BROAD, OF BERKELEY,CALIFORNIA.

WALL-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,979, datedSeptember 25v 1888- Application filed December 20, 1887. Serial No.258,423. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RoLDIN S. RonBINs, of San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, and -ALPHONZO H. BROAD, ofBerkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, haveinvented a new and Improved all-Protector, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

Thisinvention relates to an exceedingly simple, cheap, and durableattachment for furniture, the object of the invention being to preventthe defacing of the wall against which the furniture is likely to abut,and at the same time to protect the furniture itself.

To these ends the invention consists, essentially, of an elastic butt-onformed with a surrounding flange, upon opposite sides of Which there arenicks or recesses, the same being arranged for use in connection with aretaining band or wire, as will be hereinafter more fully explained, andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a face view of our improved wallprotector, representing thesame as it appears 0 when attached to an article of furniture. Fig. 2 isa side view of the same, Fig. 3 is a side view of the elastic buttonremoved from its holder, and Fig. t is a view of the band orbutton-holder.

In constructing the article forming the subject-matter of thisapplication, we provide a knob or button, 10, that is formed withasurrounding flange, 11, in which there are recesses 12. In connectionwith this knob or button 10 we employ a wire retaining-band, o 13, thatis formed by bending a wire so that it will fit closely about the mainbody of the knob and against the flange 11, eyes 14c being formed atopposite sides, and the wire being bent down to fit within the recesses12 of the button or knob.

In attaching this protector to the article in connection with which itis to be employed, screws or rivets, as 15, are passed through eyes 14,and the device thereby secured to the 5c article of furniture, to thecontour of which it will conform, owing to the elastic nature of theknob itself and to the elastic nature of the retaining attachment.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent An improved wall-protector, consisting of theelastic knob 10, formed with a surround ing flange, 11, having recesses12 at opposite 6o sides, and the fastening-wire 13, bent to fit closelyaround the knob and against the flange and within the recesses thereof,and provided with eyes 14 at opposite sides, substantially as hereinshown and described.

ROLDIN S. ROBBINS. ALPHONZO H. BROAD. Witnesses:

A. B. MERRILL, GEO. W. BAXLEY.

